POST #68

In this post as in earlier ones you can click the links for more interesting info and click on the photos for a larger view...

On April 9th we went to the Visitor Center here at Homolovi State Park.  Of course it's CLOSED because of the swine virus!!  There was a reconstruction of a Hopi Indian dwelling...

As well as an Observatory for the Star Parties the hold there ...CANCELLED

Near the Visitor Center, about a 1/2 mile walk, is what is left of Sunset, Arizona—one of a series of farming communities along the Little Colorado River in the late 1870s...

Sunset was established by Lot Smith and his Mormon followers. Frequent floods forced the settlers to abandon Sunset in the early 1880s, and the community was eventually washed away. The cemetery, located on a small hill overlooking the river, survived and can be visited. Three of Lot Smith's children are among the cemetery population.   We walked up there...

For a video of the cemetery made by another tourist...Click HERE....

The original grave markers from the 1880s are still there...

It appears 3 of Lot's children passed away at a very early age...

Interesting and worth a look!

On the way driving back to camp we took a spur road and checked out an interesting rock formation.....

These rocks are remains of fossilized sand dunes...this photo shows a textbook example of cross-bedding which occurs only in wind driven sand...

We kept a watchful eye out for rattlesnakes...they are starting to become active!  Didn't see any that day.....

It was a fun day!  Really warm!...but quite breezy!

Until Next Time!